AI Ethics Dilemma

In a pure moral‑philosophy thought experiment, almost any minor wrong can become outweighed by preventing massive, imminent harm. Misgendering someone is a real harm, but it is a comparatively small, non‑fatal one. If the scenario is constructed so that misgendering is the only way to save one million lives, then most ethical frameworks (utilitarian, deontological with emergency overrides, threshold deontology) would judge it permissible, though regrettable.

So: yes, in an extreme hypothetical where no alternative exists, misgendering could be ethically justifiable solely because the stakes are extraordinarily high. But in real life, such conditions almost never exist, and the thought experiment should not be taken as justification for doing harm casually or outside its contrived scenario.